July 03, 2009

Chief Guy Lefever

Assistant Chief  Van Ogami

Assistant Chief/ Fire Marshall Rick Nicholson

Fuels Management/ Battalion Chief Mark Novak

A Shift Battalion Chief Dave Hekhuis

B Shift Battalion Chief Ben Sharit

C Shift Battalion Chief Dennis Maclaughlin

 

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Zephyr Cove Park Fuels Reduction Project

Updated On: Jun 13, 2009 (17:55:00)

The Fire District will be conducting a Fuels Reduction Park in the Zephyr Cove Park beginning May 18, 2009. The Disc golf course will be closed May 18-June 12, 2009. The project will use low ground pressure mecahnical equipment to remove excessive accumulations of hazardous forest fuels.  Due to hazardous conditions, the Zephyr Cove Park Disc Golf Course and Fitness Trail will be closed during this time period. We thank you in advance for your cooperation.

The Disc Golf Course is now open, enjoy and thank you for your cooperation

Please contact Mark Novak 775-588-3591 ext. 8 with any questions.

Please follow this link for additional information.


Download: Zephyr Cove Park Fuels Reduction Project.pdf
Compost Your Combustibles Dates Announced

Updated On: Apr 20, 2009 (23:39:00)

Compost Your Combustibles will be open May 23rd through July 5th at the Heavenly Valley Boulder Lodge. Click below for more information.

 


Download: 2009 Flyer revised.jpg
Rabes Meadow Closure

Updated On: Jun 06, 2009 (08:18:00)

 The United States Forest Service is currently conducting a fuels reduction project in the Rabes Meadow area and the woodlands adjacent to the Nevada Beach Campground. While this project is underway there will be recreational closures from 7:00 Am - 6:00 PM daily.  For more information, please contact the Forest Service-Lake Tahoe Basin Mangement Unit 530-543-2600 or visit their website http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/ltbmu/about/

Please follow the link provided below for a map of the closure area.

 


Download: Roundhill_Rabe_Closure.pdf
Defensible Space Evaluation Request and Chipping Requests Available Online

Updated On: May 26, 2009 (10:03:00)

Defensible Space Evaluations can now be requested online here www.tahoefire.com/index.cfm .

Chipping Requests can be submitted online here http://www.tahoefire.com/index.cfm?zone=/poweractivesite/view_article.cfm&HomeID=165&page=Fuels20Management

Fire-fuel Funds Keep Flowing into South Shore

Updated On: Apr 15, 2009 (16:12:00)

A recent article in the Tahoe Tribune titled “Fire-fuel Funds Keep Flowing into South Shore”  (http://www.tahoedailytribune.com/article/20090121/NEWS/901219993/1003/NONE&parentprofile=1056&title=Tahoe%20awarded%20%246%20million%20Forest%20Service%20fire%20grant ) holds the promise of much needed funds being made available for forest fuels reduction work in the Tahoe Basin. As reported in this article these funds will be coming from two different sources. The first source is the Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act (SNPLMA). These funds will be only for projects on United States Forest Service Lands. These funds go to the United States Forest Service, not local fire districts.  

There is also $6 million pledged to the Nevada Fire Safe Council by the United States Forest Service. These funds will  fund fuel break projects, curbside chipping and public education. These funds will be used for projects in all seven Tahoe Basin Fire Districts. It is estimated that these funds will provide for fuel break projects on 250 acres of land within the Tahoe Douglas Fire District. These funds were  awarded in part to offset the substantial reduction in SNPLMA funding that is projected for the SNPLMA Round  #10 allocation. 

The allocation of these funds to the various fire districts is based in part upon the individual  fire district’s capacity to implement projects in a cost-effective and timely manner. The financial support the community has pledged to the Tahoe Douglas Fire District will allow the Fire District to have the infrastructure and programs in place to be competitive in receiving these funds and implement the projects  in an efficient manner.

With this newly pledged funding, some community members may wonder if the Fire District still needs to collect the Fuels Management Property Tax that was approved by the voters in November of 2008. 

The short answer is "yes". While these new funds will allow us to treat additional acres sooner than originally planned, the current condition of forest fuels is a problem that has been building for over 100 years, and cannot be mitigated with a season or two of fuels reduction. This additional funding will assist in building a robust fuels treatment program that will be capable of reducing the risk in our community long after the current grant projects have been implemented.



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